Good Practice in Banknote and Currency Management

Leif Veggum joined Norges Bank in 1986 and has worked in the Cashier’s Department since 2000, becoming Director of the unit in 2017.

Leif has played a central part in the changes that Norges Bank implemented in the cash area in order to increase the overall efficiency in cash distribution. This included both redefining Norges Bank’s role and responsibilities, and reorganizing the services and tasks for which the central bank is responsible.

Prior to that, Leif served in Norges Bank’s Financial Markets Department and Payment Systems Department.

Lisa Cronier-Gabel joined the Currency Department of the Bank of Canada in September 2016 as the Director, External Stakeholder Management. She is responsible for building and managing critical business relationships with external partners to ensure confidence and pride in Canada’s bank notes as well as delivering various initiatives related to bank note development and issuance. Prior to joining the Bank, Lisa spent 14 years at Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) managing various programs, most notably the Citizenship program.

Mr Rosbert Humphrey has been employed at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) for the past twenty two (22) years, twenty one (21) of which have been in the Currency Management Department, where he is currently the Director. His main duties include Forecasting, Ordering and Monitoring of currency stocks, and general management of the Currency Management Department. He is a certified Banknote Forensic Expert Witness and a Trainer in the delivery of Expert Witness Training in the Eastern Caribbean countries. Rosbert has been a presenter and discussant at several banknote and currency seminars, workshops and training courses.

Rosbert is a native of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics and Accounting and a Masters of Science Degree in Finance.

Lee has been a member of the cash community for nearly 30 years, 20 as the Managing Director of 7 Layer Solutions. He has consulted on, conceived, functionally designed and implemented solutions for central banks, commercial banks, CITs and retailers throughout the world.

7 Layer Solutions are a specialist software development company. Formed 20 years ago they have conducted projects globally across the entire cash logistics supply chain. Their developments are deployed across thousands of sites but frequently as the company behind the big name, they are unseen experts in cash processing software.

Martin Münd was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1964. He started printing at the age of 12 in a voluntary workshop at school and went on to establish his own little print shop as a side business in the cellar of his parents‘ house. He studied printing technology at the “Fachhochschule für Druck” in Stuttgart, Germany and graduated as a printing engineer in 1995. For four years he was employed in the process engineering department of a major manufacturer of electric appliances as an expert on printing and marking technologies. In 1999 he followed his life long passion and fascination for banknotes by joining the counterfeit money department of Deutsche Bundesbank. In 2001 he moved on to the European Central Bank and has since been working at the ECB’s Counterfeit Analysis Centre (CAC) as an expert on counterfeit banknotes.